Microsoft earnings watch: more Yahoo bluster, Xbox business profitable
Earnings calls are a little like campaign stump speeches these days. Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell used his company’s quarterly earnings call to...
Play Hard Sports launches casual online sports game company
In video games, Electronic Arts owns the gigantic EA Sports franchise. But Jeff Anderson says he didn’t get the memo that it’s a bad...
Nurien Software raises $15 million for Asian social networking and gaming service
Nurien Software, a Korean social networking and online gaming company, has raised $15 million in a first round of venture capital from investors in...
Investors put $184 million in 23 virtual worlds in the first quarter
We’re going to have a veritable galaxy of virtual worlds soon. Investors put $184 million into 23 virtual world companies during the first quarter...
Variety’s interview with the rockstar of Grand Theft Auto IV
Dan Houser is one of the rockstars at game development house Rockstar Games, which makes the controversial Grand Theft Auto game series. The game...
Sony delays Home virtual world service again
Sony delayed its Home virtual world closed beta launch until the summer. Home is a world like Linden Labs’ Second Life, layered upon the...
PopCap Games executive interview: Don’t be stupid, have fun
If there is a hit factory in casual video games, it’s PopCap Games. While other companies drove the industry to increasingly complex and narrowly-focused...
IBM creates a 3-D virtual world for Earth Day
IBM has been touting virtual worlds like Second Life a lot lately. But it’s also getting into the game. For Earth Day, IBM has...
GamerDNA raises $3 million for gamer social networking
GamerDNA has raised $3 million in a first round of venture capital to bankroll an online community for video game players. Flybridge Capital Partners...
Realtime Worlds raises $50 million for online games
Finally, I get to write about a traditional console game developer raising venture capital. Scottish game company Realtime Worlds has raised $50 million in...